Thursday, 12 July 2012

You may have noticed that I've toned my hair silver/lilac/pink! It was accidental - I was actually just going for lilac/pink, but whatever!

For those other hair geeks out there, I used - Directions 'Violet', Directions 'Carnation Pink' and Directions 'Pastel pink'.

I mixed the Violet with conditioner to dilute it and put it all over as a toner. I then mixed the Carnation and Pastel Pinks with Fudge 'Whiter Shade of Pale' to dilute then, and put the mix on the ends. I left it like this for 10 minutes, before massaging it all together on my head and leaving it for a further 10 minutes.

It lasts a few washes - I've already had to re-dye it, but I like the fact that it fades quickly!

Saturday, 2 June 2012

Ok, so I was bored of my hair again and decided to have some fun! I did a pastel pink tint, but instead of a 'dip dye', I wanted more of an 'ombre' effect - like blonde fading into pink. I took some photos, and thought I'd show you the process, for anybody interested!

This is my hair before (terrible roots wahhhh):

I then mixed some Directions Pastel Pink (i think...) with conditioner, and added a dab of Carnation Pink (a really bright pink) to make it brighter:

I then used a tint brush to 'feather' it onto the hair, to avoid a harsh line of colour. The lower I got, the more 'Carnation Pink' I added to the mix, so the more intense the pink colour became.

Once it was on the hair, I let it process for about 20 minutes, rinsed, and voila:

Just a quick warning: some colours stick more than others, blue being the main culprit... I'm pretty confident that this will wash out in about 5 or 6 washes, but if you do a blue tint, that shit'll stick around...!

Monday, 7 May 2012

I'm sorry to say that an outfit post will be delayed once more - the weather's horrible, I'm ill and my revision is piiiiillingggg up. So sorry - bear with all the sporadic (was it ever anything else?) posting over the next few weeks.

Because of limited time for outfit posts, I may post some more about beauty and skincare - another (as I'm sure you can tell by now) huge passion of mine, so I hope somebody finds these posts helpful!

Also seriously tempted by so much on ebay atm - I'm considering banning myself from the site...

Saturday, 28 April 2012

Ok, today imma talk beauty. If you read my skincare post a while back, you'll remember that I really battle with my skin - I suffer from mild acne, super enlarged pores, dryness and sensitivity. For the record, I don't use Clinique skincare any more - I was finding it too harsh.

Cleanse with Lush Herbalism
Apply moisturiser where needed - I'll use a fair few, depending on how I feel.
Apply Retin A gel (prescription only)

I'm aware that this is a hefty routine - I'm constantly trying new things to try and get on top of my skin - but this routine has done wonders for the overall appearence of my skin, however I do still suffer from spots. I've also started to notice a huge correlation between my diet and my skin (that I'd never really paid attention to before) - especially with alcohol and dairy, so I'm really trying to avoid these!

I also try to use facemasks/concentrated treatments regularly - though I often forget... I may do a post on this at another time.

Sunday, 1 April 2012

Before I go further, let me just apologize for the way I look below. Terrible. Terrible skin too, sorry about that- I couldn't be bothered with the retouch tool.

I decided to bleach my hair blonde again - I love having it and missed it, but the health of my hair prohibited me from doing it again. BUT, it's back. So, how did I do it? Well.

I already had lightened ends, so I started by bleaching all my hair up to that point (so no bleach on the ends). I used a blue powder bleach with 20vol developer for all this by the way. After 1 bleach, my hair was orange. I'd expected this, but it was still quite a shock. I quite liked it though!

I then bleached my whole head (apart from the shaved bits - I left those bits dark), for about 30 minutes.

By this point, my hair was pretty light (the roots were basically white), but there were still a few bits of orange/yellow. I got rid of these by doing a further 2 'selective' bleaches on just those bits, for no longer than 30 minutes each time. If i had been using a stronger developer I wouldn't have needed to do this (or if I had, my hair would have melted by now), but I prefer using weaker stuff so I have more control over the end result.

Now it was pretty light, so ready for the toner. I used L'oreal Luocolor P01, with 20vol developer, for 15 minutes, which whacked out alot of the yellow and left it a nice ashy platinum!